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He has been very vocal against adaption of LGBT acceptance in
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Sieviaryniec was detained during Ploscha night protests on 20 December 2010 and convicted in organizing and preparing activities that seriously disrupt public order, or participating in them. Later he was sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment, he was named a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty
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into a family of a journalist Kastuś Sieviaryniec and a school teacher
Tacciana Sieviaryniec. In 1994, he graduated from school with a gold medal. In 2000 he graduated from the Geography faculty of the
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book reading at which he discussed his three books. The group were detained for "participating in an unsanctioned meeting" and were also accused of possessing counterfeit money and
Ukrainian liquor.
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From 1994 till 1999 he worked as journalist for several state and commercial newspapers. Since 1998 Paval
Sieviaryniec became known for his essays and his work as a publicist.
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guilty of "distributing illegal literature" after they were found leaflets for a political meeting. On 19 August, Sevyarynets was arrested with other youth activists during a
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to make the government pass a law to criminalise LGBTI 'propaganda'. A summary of his statements was published on the site of the
Belarusian PEN Center on October 30, 2019,
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policies in the country. Support from the three
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is to be published in 2020), Belarusian Association of Journalists, Belarusian Language Society, World Association of Belarusians "Baćkaŭščyna".
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On 29 October 2019 he was expelled from the Belarusian PEN Center because of his homophobia, as he had supported in that year a petition from an
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class warfare and that gay Belarusians dishonor the memory of those died fighting against the USSR and Nazi Germany. In this interview he said:
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International. Released from detention on 19 November 2013. In captivity he wrote an essay book "Belarusian depth" ("Беларуская глыбіня").
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Sieviaryniec found out about PEN's support of Make Out, he stopped paying dues alleging that centre was "promoting a sexual lifestyle".
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defense (September 2001 – June 2002), national campaign "European Belarus" (spring 2002), pre-election block "Young Belarus" (2004).
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book "Letters from the forest" ("Лісты зь лесу"). According to Nasha Niva survey, it was considered 2007 best Belarusian book.
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Paval Sieviaryniec initiated many educational projects as well as projects promoting
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On 11 January 2014 married Volha Šylak. They have a son Francišak (born 2018).
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Amnesty International prisoners of conscience held by Belarus
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